Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Wandering and Wondering: Mapping the Confines of The Introspective Spaces of Julio Cortázar, Sergio Chejfec, and Samanta Schweblin, Tamara Alisa Morgan
An Analysis of Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Estimation Methods and Microclimate Heat Variability in Columbia, South Carolina, Stafford Mullin
“Power, Poison, Pain & Joy”: Applying a Critical Race Conceptual Model of Implicit Racial Bias to Narratives Framing Blackness in Black Sports Columns, Black Music, and Black Journalism, Christina Lauren Myers
Growth, Characterization and Evaluation of CdZnTeSe Single Crystals for Room Temperature Radiation Detectors, Ritwik Nag
Examining Parental Disclosure to Unaffected Siblings of Children Diagnosed With Rett Syndrome, Rachel Nicely
Redistributing Cultural Capital: Graduate Programs In Wind Conducting at Historically Black Universities; Toward an Alternate Future, Jamaal William Nicholas
Bough and Hollow, Jeffrey Dylan Nutter
Restoring Paradise Through Providence: The Emergence of the Serendipitous Hero in the Hunger Games, Alexandra Elizabeth Oberempt
Using Video Analysis as a Professional Development Tool in Order to Discern How to Better Foster the Engagement Level of High School English Learners in a Content Area Class, Jennifer Lynne Ochwo
Middle School Transition: The Influence of an Academy Approach and the Role of Leadership, Kimberly Calhoun Odom
Concurrent Identification, Characterization, and Reconstruction Of Protein Structure and Mixed-Mode Dynamics From RDC Data Using Redcraft, Hanin Rafiq Omar
Reaching the Standard: An Action Research Study On Standards-Based Grading Practices and English Learners, Dylan D’Anthony L. Orot
Old High German and Gothic Breaking: A Comparative Study, Olivia C. Paglia
Stasis, Eric Pahre
Perceptions of Gifted Male Underperformance, Laura Bryant Palmer
Graph Neural Network and Phylogenetic Tree Construction, Gaofeng Pan
Evidence-Based Practices and Teacher Practice, Deanna Mozingo Parish
A New South Tyrol: The Multilingual, Multicultural Society, Alec Lee Parry
“No Tits in the Pits!”: An Exploratory Analysis of the Experiences of Female Decision Makers in Motorsports in the United States, Alexia Pedo Lopes
Examining the Relationship Between School Policing Behaviors and the Depressive Symptoms Experienced by Black Students, Collin Perryman
The Role of Force Dynamic Schemas in the Comprehension of Causal Language, Dawson Petersen
Early Career Education Faculty Perceptions of Assessment and Accreditation: A Look Into Individual Needs and Earlier Involvement, Lisa M. Peterson
The Whale Hunt and Other Stories, Bradley Petit
Using Visual Arts to Teach Beginning Literacy Skills, Stacy Phaxaysithideth
Understanding the Genomic Influence and Virulence Capabilities of Environmentally Isolated Vibrios, Shannon Elizabeth Pipes
Meaningful and Interactive Learning Experiences Provided Through a Learning Management System: An Action Research Study in Ninth Grade Advanced Placement Human Geography, Daniel Robert Plonski
The Devil and Tom Robot: The Use of Robotics to Impact Empathy in Secondary Students of American Literature, Susan K. Porter-Voss
Who Has the Right to Reproduce? Forced Sterilization in South Carolina in the Early Twentieth Century, Kathryn Pownall
Gonorrhea: Core Areas and State Policies, Jessica Purser
Moderating Effects of Parental Feeding Practices and Emotional Eating on Dietary Intake Among Overweight African American Adolescents, Mary Quattlebaum
Rational Synthesis of Ultra-small and Durable Platinum-based Catalysts for Renewable Energy Applications, Fahim Bin Abdur Rahman
Sex (Work) And the City: Sex Work in Columbia, South Carolina, 1860-1880, Presley McKalyn Ramey
Rural-Urban Differences in Survival Among People With Early Onset Colorectal Cancer, Radhika Ranganathan
Dissecting Human Capital Resources: Unpacking The Structure and Activation of Human Capital Resources Within Firms, Caitlin Ray
Trans-Atlantic Composition: The History of British Academic Writing, Gareth George Rees-White
Physico-Mechanical Characterization of Prototype Earth Block Material for Constitutive Modeling, Erika Lorena Rengifo-López
Affective Risk Perceptions Toward Travel in a COVID Era: Policy and State Political Influences, Chloe Riley
Defining Molecular and Morphological Phenotypes in ASH1L-Deficient Human Neurons, Foster D. Ritchie
S-Equol: A Novel Therapeutic for HIV-1 Induced Gut Dysbiosis, Mason T. Rodriguez
Null Hypothesis Statistical Testing: A Survey of the History, Critiques, and Alternative Methodologies, Bradley David Rogers
Creating Discursive Spaces to Promote Productive Discourse and Dissuading Sectarianism in Online Political Enclaves on TikTok, Kenneth Root
Classification of Acoustic Emission Data Into Load Steps Using An Artificial Neural Network, Allen Ross
“We Make a Life by What We Give”: The Impact of a High School Mentoring Program on the Perceptions and Academic Achievement of Black Males, Brandon R. Ross
A Descriptive Analysis of an Instructional Coaching Process and Its Impact on Student Reading Learning Outcomes, Frederico Leon Rowe
A Problem-Based Learning Approach to Civics Education: Exploring Citizenship Through Authentic Scenarios in a Middle School Civics Classroom, Rebekah Meri Rowland
Hybrid Theory-Machine Learning Methods for the Prediction of AFP Layup Quality, Christopher M. Sacco
Quantifying the Controls of Shear-Coupled P-Waves, Jackson Saftner
Margaret Rowell: Pedagogical Approach and Teaching Style, Robert-Christian Sanchez
Upper Regime Bedform Geometries and Types as a Function of Sediment Supply and Grain Size, Sydney Sanders
Essays on Multichannel Retailing, Arkapravo Sarkar
Tangled up in Tanglegrams, Drew Joseph Scalzo
Investigating the Role of Stressful Life Events and Emotion Regulation as Potential Antecedents of Gratitude in Early Adolescents, Olivia Schmitke
Cryptic Cryptophytes: The Plasticity in How Cryptophytes Respond to Changes in Resource Availability, Rachel Ann-Marie Schomaker
From Gene Expression to Physiology: A Study of Chronic Thermal Tolerance in the Mytilus Edulis Species Complex, Lindsey Cate Schwartz
The Variation of Metaphor Processing Strategies and the Effects on Reading Skills in L2 English Learners, Shana Scucchi
The Impact of Cannabis and Alcohol Use on the Management of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Joshua Eric Sellner
A Performance Guide to Hyo-Geun Kim’s Art Pop for Korean Art Songs, Taeyoung Seon
Modification of Active Sites in Catalytic Materials for Gas-Phase Heterogeneous Catalysis, Deependra Man Shakya
Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Prevention Among Asian American Women, Jingxi Sheng
The Impact of Framing on Natural Gas Pipeline Siting In Virginia, Ritvik Shukla
Subject Cognitive Decline in Informal Caregivers, Eunika Simons
Using a Multi-Direction Reaching Approach to Investigate Fitts’ Law and the Effect of Attentional Focus on Motor Learning, Charles R. Smith
Race and Technology in Southern Literature, Civil War to Civil Rights, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Smith
‘Conspiring Together’: Woolf’s Investigations on ‘Party Consciousness’ and Interwar Instability in Mrs. Dalloway and To The Lighthouse, Madeline Smith
Sexual Health Education for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Genetic Counselor and Pediatrician Perspectives, Mary Catherine Smith
Results on Select Combinatorial Problems With an Extremal Nature, Stephen Smith
Engineering and Optimization of an AAV Based Viral Vector to Limit the In-Vitro Expression of SARS-CoV-2 Spike-Protein, Ronald Anderson Smithwick
Illusory Vowels and the North Kyungsang Korean Vowel Merger In English Loanword Adaptation Into Korean, Jiyeon Song
The Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Domestic Dogs: Ancestry and Genetic Structure of Free-Roaming Dog Populations in Chernobyl, Ukraine, Gabriella Jean Spatola
Examining Sixth-Grade Students’ Music Agency Through Rhythm Composition, Robert Zagaroli Spearman
Impact of Number of Alternatives and Spatial Arrangement on Decoy Effects, Jacob M. Stanley
Alexa, Should I Trust You? A Theory of Trustworthiness for Artificial Intelligence, Elizabeth K. Stewart
The Effect of Pulsed Field DC Electrophoresis and Field Amplified Sample Stacking on the Microchip Electrophoretic Separation of Organic Dyes, Travis Geoffrey Stewart
Transforming Instructors’ Resistance to Change Mindset Using Eti-Based Content Sequence of the First Courses in Financial Accounting Reform Initiative, Mujtahid Subagyo
Geography of a “Foreign” China: British Intellectuals’ Encounter With Chinese Spaces, 1920-1945, Yuzhu Sun
The Impact of an Interactive Simulation Program on English Language Learner Achievement in a Middle School Science Classroom, Scott Sutherland
Infertility Education for Men With Cystic Fibrosis and Its Effects: Outlooks on Fertility and Birth Control, Allison Elizabeth Perez Szczepanski
Image-Based Crack Detection by Extracting Depth of the Crack Using Machine Learning, Nishat Tabassum
Long Non-coding RNA PVT1 – An Exploratory Study in Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer, Kevin Tabury
Characterization of Nonequilibrium Plasma Discharge in High Water Vapor Concentration, Malik Mohammad Tahiyat
Advancement of New Solid-Oxide Iron-Air Battery (SOIAB) Operated on High-Temperature Oxide-Ion Chemistry, Qiming Tang
Automated Contingency Management for Water Recycling System, Shijie Tang
An Assessment of the Performance of the Earthscope Automated Receiver Survey: A User’s Guide to EARS., Erin L. Taxon
Evaluation of the Throw-Catch Assessment, Bryan Terlizzi
Poset Ramsey Numbers for Boolean Lattices, Joshua Cain Thompson
Out of Office: Examining How Remote Auditing Can Affect Audit Quality, Kristen Thompson
Interrogating the Role of ING4 in Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Cancer, Zanshé Thompson
Predicting Lower Body Soft Tissue Injuries in American Football with GPS Data, Nicholas Tice
Examining the Effects of a Well-Being Therapy Protocol on Sexual Minority Individuals’ Psychological Well-Being, Thomas M. Toomey
Association Between Postpartum Weight Retention and the Dietary Inflammatory Index, Nyrobi Tyson
Three Essays in Behavioral Economics, Foteini Tzachrista
Associations of the FTO Gene and Risk of Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Avery Ulrich
Mechanisms of Connectivity in Neuronal Development, Janay Vacharasin
Tailored Nanomaterials for Advancing Fast-Charge Research, Wessel van den Bergh
A Finding Place: Social Justice Poetry Toward Empathy in the Secondary English Language Arts Classroom, Patricia Vicino